Europe Trip - Switzerland (Part I)
Monday, January 03, 2011

24 Dec 2010 - Zurich

Touched down at Zurich airport on X'mas eve & spend the afternoon sleeping in hotel.. I love the hotel. It's e most expensive & nicest hotel which I stayed in Europe (CHF 230 per night).

My mum pushing her super huge luggage.. but v light up the train from Zurich Kloten airport to Zurich HB main train station. Our hotel (Walhalla) is located just beside the train station (2mins walk) so it was pretty convenient for us.

My nice bed with a nice scenery of the swiss national museum just beside the hotel across the lake. We tried to explore around on ourselves in the morning but ended up feeling lost and cold so went back to hotel.

Luckily, after sleeping through the 14hrs flight, due to consumption of 8 panadols (this is the max dosage for adults), and sleeping through the afternoon, my fever went away!

Sister reached our hotel ard 5pm & we went out for dinner ard 6pm. All shops were closed so we had to settle for mac dinner. Nonetheless, it was nice because I have not eaten mac for some time. Chris is on a no fast-food diet so almost every meal with him is jap cuisine for the past few weeks.

The christmas lighting was very simple but very nice.. with the snow topping it off.

My favorite photo of the day. Photo by the Limmat River. :)

25 Dec 2010 - Zurich to Bern via Thun, then from Bern to Interlaken

Woke up at ard 7am for a hearty breakfast before taking a train to Interlaken. Interlaken is a city at the foot of the mountains, which explains the inaccessibility.

At the train platform 15, waiting for the 9am train.

Passing by Thun.. view of Lake Thun from the train window.

Arrived at Interlaken at 11am.

Exploring the little city.. Seeking shelter from the snow storm and that's the last of my beloved boots. I was so engrossed with the scenery that I missed a step and fell from the pavement onto the road.

The breathtaking scene which made me trip...

Ducks waddling in the river.. sooooo cold!!!!!!

Walked back to hotel and changed to my Puma sneakers before heading back to the same place for photo-taking.

Had a late lunch at Bebbis Restaurent. It's a swiss restaurant which was rated very highly for the ambience but very lowly for the food online.

Cheers... Europe is a country where wine is cheaper than other drinks on the menu.

Lotsa Salads.. Very fresh vegetables! *like*

Our lunch + dinner.. the serving was huge! Compare the size of the plates with my sister's face! lol.. I love the swiss rosti (baked potato with cheese on top) served with bacon, sausages and egg. The pork chop with cheese and ham inside was horrible.. the meat is too think and there's too much fries!

Continued to explore the city.. walked to the casino which was near our hotel to checkout the meeting place for the top-of-europe tour which we are going the next day.

The casino was situated at the foot of a mountain. Grand and Magnificent! Due to the bad weather.. snow storm.. we could only see half the mountain. The rest is covered with snow. Thankfully, the weather cleared the next day and we had a great excursion to the top-of-europe.